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New titles - Nov Dec Jan 2012

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The Distant Hours Kate Morton The discovery of a long-lost letter reveals an old secret and the truth behind a woman's mysterious past in the best-selling new novel from international publishing sensation, Kate Morton, author of The Shifting Fog and The Forgotten Garden.

• New look B-format paperback • More than 60, 000 copies already in print • Outdoor billboard advertising campaign across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane • Online advertising campaign with Time Out, Who weekly, Mamamia.com • Dumpbin with custom header and poster available • 'Don't miss this imaginative and romantic story. Its subtle surprising twists are superb' - Women's Day • Total combined international sales in excess of 3 million copies Export Price: $21.81 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742376417

Format:

Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 197x130mm Extent:

624 pages

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Popular Fiction

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: North American English Language (Atria); UK English Language (Macmillan); French (Presses de la Cite); German (Random House/Diana); Italian (Sperling and Kupfer Editore); Polish (Wydawnictwo Albatros Andrzej Kurylowicz); Turkish (Alfa/Artemis); Chinese Simplified (Thinkingdom Media Group); Russian (Eksmo); Danish (Cicero); Greek (Oceanida); Lithuanian (Gimtasis Zodis); Dutch (de Boekerij); Norwegian (Schibsted Forlagene); Portuguese (Porto Editora); Korean (Daesan Publishing); Spanish (Santillana/Suma); Swedish (Bokforlaget Forum AB); Thai (Amarin); Romanian (Humanitas); Bulgarian (Colibri) Previous Titles: The Forgotten Garden and The Shifting Fog

Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret.

Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters and their father, Raymond, author of the 1918 children's classic The True History of the Mud Man. In the grand and glorious Milderhurst Castle, a new world opens up for Edie's mother. She discovers the joys of books and fantasy and writing, but also, ultimately, the dangers.

Fifty years later, as Edie chases the answers to her mother's riddle, she, too, is drawn to Milderhurst Castle and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together, the twins nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiance in 1941 plunged her into madness. Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother's past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst Castle, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. The truth of what happened in the distant hours has been waiting a long time for someone to find it.

With just three novels published, Kate Morton has sold over 4 million copies in 26 languages, across 38 countries. The first, The Shifting Fog, published internationally as The House at Riverton, was a number one bestseller in 2007.

The Forgotten Garden, her second novel, was also a bestseller in Australia, the UK, the US and in many European countries. And on simultaneous publication of The Distant Hours in Australia, the UK and US in November 2010, Kate's third novel also became an immediate bestseller. Each of the three novels have won the Australian Book Industry award for General Fiction Book of the Year. Kate is currently writing her new novel which will be published in November 2012.

You can find more information about Kate and her books at katemorton.com

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Foal's Bread Gillian Mears The long-awaited new novel from the award-winning author of The Grass Sister tells the story of two generations of the Nancarrow family and the highjumping horse circuit prior to the Second World War. A love story of impossible beauty and sadness, it is also a chronicle of dreams 'turned inside out', and miracles that never last, framed against a world both tender and unspeakably hard.

Export Price: $29.99 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742376295

Format:

Paperback - C format

Dimensions: 234x157mm Extent:

376 pages

Category:

Literary Fiction

Rights Held: ANZ/Asia Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Ride a Cock Horse (1988), The Mint Lawn (1991), The Grass Sister (1995) and A Map of the Gardens (2002).

• A brilliant novel from one of the stars of Australian literature • '... such a remarkable novel. Thanks so much for publishing it.' - Karen Ferris, Better Read Than Dead • Major, advance publication promotion to generate word of mouth • Print advertising in The Monthly, Advertising: ABR • Online advertising: Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian as well as Good Reading and thereadingroom • Sure to be on literary awards shortlists • Horses are always a favourite with readers The sound of horses' hooves turns hollow on the farms west of Wirri. If a man can still ride, if he hasn't totally lost the use of his legs, if he hasn't died to the part of his heart that understands such things, then he should go for a gallop. At the very least he should stand at the road by the river imagining that he's pushing a horse up the steep hill that leads to the house on the farm once known as One Tree.

Set in hardscrabble farming country and around the country show high-jumping circuit that prevailed in rural New South Wales prior to the Second World War, Foal's Bread tells the story of two generations of the Nancarrow family and their fortunes as dictated by the vicissitudes of the land.

It is a love story of impossible beauty and sadness, a chronicle of dreams 'turned inside out', and miracles that never last, framed against a world both tender and unspeakably hard. Written in luminous prose and with an aching affinity for the landscape the book describes, Foal's Bread is the work of a born writer at the height of her considerable powers. It is a stunning work of remarkable originality and power, one that confirms Gillian Mears' reputation as one of our most exciting and acclaimed writers.

Gillian Mears grew up in the northern New South Wales towns of Grafton and Lismore. Acclaim came early, with her short-story collections and novels winning major prizes. Her books include Ride a Cock Horse, Fineflour, The Mint Lawn, The Grass Sister and A Map of the Gardens. More recently she has been living in the Adelaide Hills, where she wrote Foal's Bread.

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The Best Australian Trucking Stories Jim Haynes A collection of true stories taken from the lives of trucking men and women from all over Australia.

• Includes 15 fascinating, dramatic and often hilarious accounts of trucking life • For anyone interested in the Australian outback • Reveals the inside worlds of long haul trucking, short haul truckers and the freight industry • Also includes a brief history of road transport from bullock trains and camels to modern road trains • Australian industry couldn't survive without truckers • CATEGORY: Australiana

Export Price: $29.99 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742376943

Format:

Paperback - C format

Dimensions: 234x152mm Extent:

288 pages

Category:

Anthologies (non-poetry)

Illustrations: 35 Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: The Big Book of Verse for Aussie Kids, Best Australian Racing Stories and The Great Australian Book of Limericks

The trucker's job - so vital to the everyday life of Australians everywhere - makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories.

This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humour, tragedy and fascinating history of their world, proving once again that truth is often stranger, funnier and more inspiring than fiction. The unlikely yarns and tales, collected by Jim Haynes, quickly transport the reader into the intriguing but often hard and lonely world of the long-distance truck driver.

There are stories of endurance while crossing the Nullarbor in the early 1950s, of rescuing mates stranded in the desert and dumping wheat in protest at Parliament House, of repossessing vehicles in suburban Adelaide, and of men imprisoned during the long political battle to make the roads of Australia free to carry freight.

Steeped in larrikinism, these are salt-of-the-earth Aussie voices from the most genuine characters to ever spin a yarn.

Whether you're interested in one of the most significant social revolutions to have shaped the Australian nation, or in these never-say-die modern pioneers who astound with their resourcefulness, or whether you're just after a laugh and a bloody good story, this book is for you.

Jim Haynes has travelled far and wide to meet and interview the people whose stories make up this book. From his days as part of the Slim Dusty touring show, Jim has been aware of the special nature of the trucking industry in both rural and urban Australia.

Before becoming a professional entertainer, songwriter, verse writer and singer in 1988, Jim Haynes taught writing, literature, history and drama in schools and universities from outback NSW to Britain. While teaching he gained two masters' degrees in literature, from New England University and the University of Wales. Jim Haynes is the author of many Great Australian titles including books on Railways, Aviation and Horse Racing. He is one of Australia's most successful and prolific Australiana authors.

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Living in History Tasmania's historic homes, the people who built them, and those who live in them now Alice Bennett and Georgia Warner A beautiful journey in colour to some of the most spectacular and historic houses in Tasmania, filled with surprising stories of the people who inhabit them.

Export Price: $59.09 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742373591

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 288x230mm Extent:

224 pages

Category:

Australasian & Pacific history

Illustrations: full-colour illustrations throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Country Houses of Tasmania

• From the authors of Country Houses of Tasmania - over 6,000 copies sold • Lavishly illustrated throughout in full colour • Unprecedented access to some very private properties • Includes converted barns, hop kilns and coach houses, lighthouse keeper's cottages, schools and stately mansions • Accompanying the photos are the stories of the people who built them, and lived in them over the years • With a foreword by Governor, Peter Underwood • Perfect for tourists, national trusts aficionados, luxury gift book market • Extremely well-credentialled authors • CATEGORY: History Tasmania's first European settlers were a diverse and eclectic lot - men and women from all walks of life who ended up cast together in a far-flung colony at the end of the world, where adversity was commonplace but opportunity abounded.

From former convicts to the highly privileged, they forged their own ways in Van Diemen's land - as farmers, traders, publicans, whalers, businessmen, politicians and more. As they, along with the colony, prospered, they built places of residence and business that stand today as a testament to the quality of Tasmania's early craftsmanship, the wealth of some of its first European residents, and their desire to recreate a piece of home in their new surrounds, no matter how hostile the environment.

Tasmania is blessed that so many of these buildings are intact today. Some have been in the same families since the 1820s, others have been saved from ruin or converted into homes after previous lives as anything from hop kilns to coach houses and public schools. All have fascinating stories to tell that reflect the diversity of those early settlers, the adversities they faced and the opportunities they harnessed, as well as of the characters that inhabit them today.

Living in History tells some of these stories through sumptuous photos of Tasmania's most historically and architecturally significant buildings, complemented by text that transports the reader back in time and takes them through to the present, where the current generation of homeowners is literally living in history.

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Georgia Warner studied in Germany on a language scholarship before becoming a print journalist and newspaper editor in her home state of Western Australia. She moved to Tasmania to work as a journalist and then spent eight years as a media and senior political adviser. Georgia's love of history and human interest stories helped inspire her first publication with Alice Bennett, Country Houses of Tasmania.

The book was a Tasmanian best-seller and led to Georgia and Alice's second collaboration, Living in History. Georgia and Alice are close friends who look forward to further projects together.

Alice Bennett has established a reputation as an accomplished photographer in a diverse range of disciplines-weddings, portraiture, landscapes, aerial photography and ocean racing. After studying photography in Queensland, Alice started her own photography business in 1998, and was awarded her Master of Photography by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography in 2004.

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Australians (Volume 2) Eureka to the Diggers Thomas Keneally Bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed Australia's national story, in the second volume of a unique history.

• The second of four volumes • A very accessible history for readers at all levels • From one of Australia's best loved novelists • Impeccably researched, engagingly written • A massive tome - large hardcover format and almost 500 pages • CATEGORY: History

Export Price: $54.54 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742374482

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 252x182mm Extent:

464 pages

Category:

Australasian & Pacific history

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Searching for Schindler (Random House); The Commonwealth of Thieves (Random House); The Great Shame (Anchor Books)

In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life.

Immigrants and Aboriginal resistance figures, bushrangers and pastoralists, working men and pioneering women, artists and hard-nosed radicals, politicians and soldiers all populate this richly drawn portrait of a vibrant land on the cusp of nationhood and social maturity.

From the 1860s to the great rifts wrought by World War I, an era commenced in which Australian pursued glimmering visions: of equity in a promised land. It was a time of social experiment and reform, of industrial radicalism and women's rights.

We were a society the world had much to learn from, or so we believed. But as much as we espoused we were a special people and celebrated a larrikin antiauthoritarianism, we retained provincial objectives that saw ultimate respect for society's structures. There was no Australian revolution.

With a rich assortment of contradictory, inspiring and surprising characters, Tom Keneally brings to life the people of a young and cocky nation. This is truly a new history of Australia, by an author of outstanding literary skill and experience, and whose own humanity permeates every page.

Thomas Keneally was born in 1935 and, as well as writing many novels, has shown an increasing interest in producing histories. His history of Irish convictism was entitled The Great Shame and was published in all the English language markets. The same was true of his later work, The Commonwealth of Thieves, which looked upon the penal origins of Australia in a way which sought to make the reader feel close to the experience of individual Aboriginals, convicts and officials.

His novels include Bring Larks and Heroes, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, Schindler's Ark and The People's Train. He has the won the Miles Franklin Award, the Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Book Prize, the Royal Society of Literature Prize, the Scripter Award of the University of Southern California, the Mondello International Prize, the Helmerich Prize.

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REVIEW QUOTES Praise for Australians Volume I: 'No doubt about it, Australians is a corker.' - Cassandra Pybus, Weekend Australian '...the story of Australia and the Australians could be in no better hands than Keneally's.' - West Australian 'Keneally evokes these distant lives with concrete detail and vivid sympathy ... his people inhabit the same world we do - we meet them without the hesitation of reaching across voids of space and time. - Sydney Morning Herald '[Australians] will appeal to the general reader and the avid historian alike, and this is only the first volume. This reader can't wait for the second.' - Bookseller + Publisher

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Bondi Republic Andrew Hoyne, photographs by Ali Nasseri An insider's peek behind the designer sunnies and sculpted torsos into the true heart of Bondi - a great big beautiful photographic celebration of Australia's most iconic suburb.

• Fully illustrated throughout in colour • Bondi is more than just a suburb of Sydney - it's an iconic place that exists in the national consciousness • Massive marketing campaign, including huge media launch, social media campaign and PR • Though aimed primarily at Sydney locals, there will be broad tourist interest • CATEGORY: Australiana

Export Price: $45.45 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742378459

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 306x305mm Extent:

144 pages

Category:

Photography

Illustrations: full colour throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold:

An international celebrity, a national icon, a tourist haven or simply home. Bondi means different things to different people.

In Bondi Republic photographer Ali Nasseri gives us a peek at the free-spirited, larger-than-life Sydney suburb that lies behind the designer shades and ripped abs.

Gaze into the true heart of Bondi, where it's kinda edgy, sorta irreverent and a little bit up itself. This is Bondi through the eyes and lens of an insider.

WRITER AND DESIGNER, ANDREW HOYNE is the principal and creative director of the branding agency Hoyne, established in 1991. Andrew has created brand identities for iconic Australian companies and received over 200 awards. In his spare time, Andrew has produced twelve books. Several of these have been bestsellers.

PHOTOGRAPHER, ALI NASSERI was born in Tehran, Iran 1975. He came to Australia at the age of seven. His work has been hung in Hyde Park twice as part of the photographic festival Sydney Life - most recently with an image from this book.

He has self-published three books.

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The Happiest Refugee Anh Do The bestselling, laugh-out-loud, reach for your hanky story of one of Australia's best-loved comedians - now in hard cover gift edition.

• Beautiful new cover designed for the gift market • New afterward from Anh Do • Expanded photo section • More than 130,000 copies sold • Winner - Indie Book of the Year 2011 • Shortlisted, 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards • CATEGORY: Gift/Memoir

Export Price: $29.99 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742379302

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 216x146mm Extent:

304 pages

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Autobiography: general

Illustrations: 32 pages of full colour

Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat.

But nothing - not murderous pirates, nor the imminent threat of death by hunger, disease or dehydration as they drifted for days - could quench their desire to make a better life in a country where freedom existed.

Life in Australia was hard, an endless succession of back-breaking work, crowded rooms, ruthless landlords and make-do everything. But there was a loving extended family, and always friends and play and something to laugh about for Anh, his brother Khoa and their sister Tram. Things got harder when their father left home when Anh was thirteen - they felt his loss very deeply and their mother struggled to support the family on her own.

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His mother's sacrifice was an inspiration to Anh and he worked hard during his teenage years to help her make ends meet, also managing to graduate high school and then university. Another inspiration was the comedian Anh met when he was about to sign on for a 60-hour a week corporate job. Anh asked how many hours he worked. 'Four,' the answer came back, and that was it. He was going to be a comedian!

The Happiest Refugee tells the incredible, uplifting and inspiring life story of one of Australia's favourite personalities. Tragedy, humour, heartache and unswerving determination - a big life with big dreams. Anh's story will move and amuse all who read it.

Anh Do is one of Australia's leading comedians. He has also acted in television series and films, written screenplays and is a sought-after keynote speaker.

AWARDS Overall Winner, Indie Book of the Year Award 2011 Winner, Non-fiction Indie Book of the Year 2011 Winner, The 2011 Nielsen BookData Booksellers' (ABA) Choice Award Winner, ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Book of the Year Winner, ABIA Newcomer of the Year 2011 Joint winner, ABIA Biography of the Year 2011

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Desert Boys Australians at war from Beersheba to Tobruk and El Alamein Peter Rees Australians fought in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East in both World Wars. This is the very human story of those soldiers, sailors and airmen and their involvement in some of the toughest campaigns of modern times, and their life away from the battlefield.

Export Price: $45.45 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781741142921

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 238x162mm Extent:

736 pages

Category:

Battles & campaigns

Illustrations: 40 halftones, 10 full page maps scattered Rights Held: WORLD Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Other Anzacs, The Boy from Boree Creek, Killing Juanita, Tim Fischer's Outback Heroes

• The first book to cover the desert campaigns across both world wars • Told through the diaries and letters of the Australians who were there • Reveals hitherto untold stories of bravery and slaughter • From the author of Other Anzacs (more than 7500 copies sold) • Online advertising: Sydney Morning Herald and The Age • Cable TV advertising: The History Channel • Extensive review and feature coverage • Author interviews • CATEGORY: History 'As gritty as it is real. An amazing book about ordinary Australians made extraordinary by the times they lived through ... .' - Peter FitzSimons About 1300 Australians died in the desert campaigns of World War I, while another 3500 died in North Africa and the Middle East during World War II. Thousands more carried the wounds of war for the rest of their lives. Countless families were left behind to mourn the dead and comfort the injured. A ripple effect of grief passed down the generations.

This is the story of Australia's desert wars as never before told. Using letters, diaries, interviews and unpublished memoirs, Desert Boys provides an intensely personal and gripping insight into the thoughts, feelings and experiences of two generations of Australian soldiers. In many cases these were fathers and sons going to successive wars with all the tragedy, adventure and hardship that brought.

Desert Boys is a powerful and absorbing story of bravery and hope, of endurance and determination, of mateship and adversity a very long way from home.

Peter Rees has been a journalist for more than forty years, working as federal political correspondent for the Melbourne Sun, the West Australian and the Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of The Boy from Boree Creek: The Tim Fischer Story (2001), Tim Fischer's Outback Heroes (2002), Killing Juanita: a true story of murder and corruption (2004), and The Other Anzacs: The extraordinary story of our World War I nurses (2008 and 2009).

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After Words Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches PJ Keating A unique volume of speeches and occasional pieces written entirely by former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating.

• Keating is one of the true giants of Australian politics • More than 600 pages long • Major media launch, and author tour • Feature interviews across all media • His book Engagement: Australia Faces the Asia-Pacific sold 15,000 copies • Print advertising: Sydney and Melbourne magazines, The Monthly • Online advertising: SMH, The Age, Courier Mail, Crikey • CATEGORY: Politics

Export Price: $54.54 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742377599

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 240x162mm Extent:

640 pages

Category:

Current Affairs

Rights Held: World Rights Sold:

Books of speeches are rarely published as a compendium of work by one person.

After Words is unique in Australian publishing by virtue of its scale and range of subjects, and that all the speeches are the work of one eye and one mind: former Prime Minister Paul Keating.

Each speech has been conceptualised, contextualised and crafted by Paul Keating.

Subject to subject, idea to idea, the speeches are related in a wider construct, which is the way Paul Keating has viewed and thought about the world.

The speeches reveal the breadth and depth of his interests - be they cultural, historical or policy-focused - dealing with subjects as broad as international relations, economic policy and politics. Individual chapters range from a discussion of Jorn Utzon's Opera House through to the redesign of Berlin, the history of native title, the challenge of Asia, the role of the monarchy, to the shape of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, and more.

After Words contains an analytic commentary on Australia's recent social and economic repositioning, in the minds of many, by its principal architect. The speeches, more often than not, go beyond observations, as Paul Keating sketches out new vistas and points to new directions.

For those interested in matters that go to the future of Australia and the world, After Words presents, unmediated, a panoply of issues which the policy mind and writing style of Paul Keating has sculpted into a recognisable landscape.

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Paul Keating was Australia's Treasurer (1983-91) and Prime Minister (1991-96).

He championed a clutch of seminal changes to the country, including the reorientation of Australia's strategic and trade relationships with Asia, promoting Australia's shift to a republic and the development of a major legal structure to return lands to Australia's indigenous people. His domestic economic reforms included the dismantling of a centralised wage fixing system in favour of an enterprise bargaining model, floating the Australian dollar, establishing universal superannuation and setting up a competition policy to lower prices, with the aim of lifting disposable incomes. His reforms underpinned twenty years of low inflationary economic growth.

Paul Keating maintains his interest in politics, economics and foreign policy and contributes occasionally to the public debate. He is committed to aesthetic interests in architecture, the decorative arts and the romantic repertoire in classical music.

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Kitchen Coquette Katrina Meynink A fresh, fun and quirky cookbook that will help you provide a dish for all the fabulous, frantic and frenzied moments of your life.

Export Price: $36.35 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742376813

Format:

Paperback

Dimensions: 255x200mm Extent:

272 pages

Category:

Food and Drink

Illustrations: full-colour throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold:

• Hilarious and delicious - is a book to read as much as to cook from • Author is a connoisseur of butter, Persian fairy floss and bacon • Illustrated throughout in colour • 150 recipes • Affordable paperback format • Situation based (e.g. 'Meeting the ex', 'PMS' and even 'Grandma for a cup of tea') rather than the typical breakfast, lunch, dinner format • Advertising and media campaign targeting a younger women • Online advertising via MamaMia.com and Cleo • A freelance food writer for both national and international magazines she is currently studying at the Cordon Bleu School in Sydney • CATEGORY: Food Kitchen Coquette is a cookbook that will make you smile. It will feed ten hungry friends, the man of your dreams, your lovely gran; even providing a bite to eat for all those inspired in-between moments.

Katrina Meynink knows that sometimes food is the only answer so Kitchen Coquette provides the recipes with the context. It is important to know why you are cooking - who it is for, why it suits the occasion and to embrace the failures just as much as the successes.

This is not a breakfast, lunch, dinner cookbook - this is a book that knows what you cook to fortify the soul is vastly different to what you might cook to impress a first date. It's a cookbook with some lifeblood ... one that is funny, real, approachable and challenging. A cookbook that makes you feel surges of culinary awesomeness.

A go-to guide that gives you a sense of achievement, while embracing all those tear ruined, sweaty palmed and swear-word fuelled moments of life. All while providing the dish that suits.

Katrina Meynink is a freelance food writer who lives and breathes all things food.

She is particularly fond of butter, Persian fairy floss and bacon. She is a prolific lover of cookbooks. She eats (a lot). And then writes about it for national and international magazines. Katrina is a food nerd of the highest order. In addition to degrees in journalism and creative writing she has a Masters in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu and the University of Adelaide, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Taste through the University of Reims, Paris and Hautes Etudes Du Gout. She is also in her final stages of training to be a chef. She received some helping hands at the hotplates with scholarships from the James Beard Gastronomy Foundation and The Culinary Trust, USA. When she's not writing Katrina blogs, eats and food styles through her business La Petite Miette, The Little Crumb(thelittlecrumb.com.au).

Kitchen Coquette is her first cookbook.

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100 Gardens Jamie Durie A glorious book of inspiration featuring one hundred of Jamie Durie's stunning garden designs from home and abroad.

• A luscious, full-colour production, packed with photographs • Designed to provide inspiration, rather than instruction • Patio and The Outdoor Room have sold over 40,000 copies each • Jamie Durie has just returned to The Nine Network with a new lifestyle program, Top Design • He hosts the highest rated gardening show in the USA • Major national publicity and promotion campaign

Export Price: $54.54 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742378909

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 225x220mm Extent:

384 pages

Category:

Gardening

From the luxurious to the accessible, the sustainable and the edible, Jamie Durie's innovative garden designs have changed the way we look at gardens. A pioneer of the Outdoor Room concept, Durie's designs are as much about the humans who live in them as they are about the concepts. This philosophy - communicated through his award-winning designs, television shows, books, magazine and endless editorials across the globe - has inspired a whole new generation to create a more meaningful connection to their outdoor spaces.

Jamie Durie's 100 Gardens features over 50 stunning new garden designs, as well as a hand picked selection of his most powerful designs, that together highlight Durie's most significant and inspiring work to date.

Illustrations: full colour throughout Rights Held: ANZ/SE Asia Rights Sold:

'Jamie Durie has quite simply changed the way we live outdoors, the backyard is a better place since he's come into our lives, we see so much more opportunity to make it an extension of our home - and he does it with such genuine passion that it's impossible not to be caught up in, and inspired by, his energy.' - Wendy MooreEditor-in-Chief, Home Beautiful, Your Garden and The Outdoor Room magazines Jamie Durie is a qualified horticulturalist and landscape designer who has appeared on over 30 television shows worldwide, including his most recent successes, Top Design and The Outdoor Room. Jamie has been designing gardens since 1998 and has been awarded thirty-three garden design awards both nationally and internationally. He is the founder and principal designer of Durie Design, which has offices in Sydney and Los Angeles, with work spanning thirteen countries. Jamie is the author of nine books, including Patio, and The Outdoor Room. He is also the Editorial director of The Outdoor Room magazine and Garden and outdoor living editor of Home Beautiful magazine.

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Double Entry How the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world and how their invention could make or break the planet Jane Gleeson-White An accessible, intriguing, radical and timely re-evaluation of our accounting system and how it triggered the greatest revolution the world has known.

Export Price: $27.26 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781741757552

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 217x146mm Extent:

304 pages

Category:

History

Rights Held: WORLD Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Classics, Australian Classics.

• Think Longitude for the new millennium • Exceptionally well-written - turns a crushingly dull subject into a fascinating and exciting read • Perfect for readers who loved The Cello Suites and Cod • Explores the paradox that something as boring as double-entry bookkeeping sparked and underpinned the creative cultural explosion that was the Renaissance • Reveals how accountants, not scientists, will provide the tools to ensure the future of the planet What really sparked the period of sublime art and culture that we know as the European Renaissance? Could it have been something as dry as, well, accounting?

What lies at the heart of Western capitalism and still drives our free-market economy? Could it be an accounting system that began in 15th Century Venice?

And could that same accounting system also be fundamentally linked to the greatest challenge the planet has yet faced? According to Al Gore and other environmentalists, the old way of measuring value is becoming irrelevant.

Prepare to have your mind blown. Accounting is about to get seriously sexy. It's the Longitude of the new millennium!

Jane Gleeson-White has worked as a writer and editor in Sydney and London since 1990. She has a bachelor of economics and an honours degree in English literature from the University of Sydney, and was an intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. She is the author of Classics (2005) and Australian Classics (2007). She is the fiction editor of Overland literary journal, and a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales. She blogs about bookish things at http://bookishgirl.com.au/. She has edited many books including novels by Christos Tsiolkas, Malcolm Knox, Charlotte Wood and Luke Davies.

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HipsterMattic One man's quest to become the ultimate hipster Matt Granfield A funny, smart and gently irreverent look at this rising popular-culture phenomenon of Hipsters - told through Matt's journey to become the Ultimate Hipster!

Export Price: $22.72 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

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9781742377858

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Paperback

Dimensions: 208x140mm Extent:

320 pages

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Humour

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• Set to be this year's pop culture sensation (last year it was Bogans) • Funny, satirical writing • Author is uber cool, media savvy and will promote widely - particularly via social media • Hipsters are EVERYWHERE - not just a feature of inner urban environments • Look for Hipsters wherever there's a half-decent cup of coffee or a university campus • Promotion via social media, hipster press (including Frankie magazine), hip online portals (like TwoThousand etc) I'M SORRY, IT'S OVER. YOU JUST DON'T SEEM TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I CAN'T BE WITH SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE . . .

Broken-hearted, alone and sobbing so hard there was enough snot coming out his nose to give an elephant a phlegm transplant, Matt Granfield decided the best way to find himself - to truly know who he was - was to become someone else.

Already a bit of a hipster, and with his ex's words ringing in his ears, Matt embarked on a journey to try to become the hippest person on the planet - the world's Ultimate Hipster.

The quest began innocuously enough - visiting trendy cafes, selling homemade jewellery at a market stall and writing poetry - but it quickly spiralled out of control.

Soon there were National Bike Polo Championships to attend, tattoo parlours to visit, bands to start and organic vegetables to grow!

But would all these hipster adventures help Matt find himself? To truly know who he is? Would they help him become the Ultimate Hipster?

HipsterMattic is the hilarious and endearing tale of one man's heartache and his subsequent quest to find himself. A must-read for anyone who's ever tried (and perhaps failed) to be cool.

Matt Granfield is a writer, vagabond and volcanophobe from Brisbane. He was a newspaper reporter once upon a time, but gave it up when he realised there were more exciting things to write about than under-12s soccer finals. These days Matt writes and edits for The Drum, The ABC, Crikey and Marketing Magazine when he's not busy with his day job running a Social Media and PR agency. Matt is also a prolific blogger and tweeter. Over 12,000 people read Matt's personal blog every month. HipsterMattic is his first book.

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Outlaws The truth about Australian bikers Adam Shand An investigation into Australia's bikie clubs. Are Australia's bikie clubs bastions of organised crime? Useful pawns in the political law and order game? Investigative journalist Adam Shand asks, just how bad are they?

Export Price: $29.99 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781741759792

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Paperback - C format

Dimensions: 234x155mm Extent:

264 pages

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True crime

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: King of Thieves 2010

• Puts bikie violence into a broader political context • Reveals how outlaw motorcycle clubs are being torn apart by a struggle between those committed to the original ideals of freedom and those seeking to exploit their power to criminal advantage • A very personal account - author has even ridden with the Finks • Includes interviews w/ Sonny Barger, founding member Californian chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club • Author has previously been a journalist on The Bulletin and on the Nine Network's Sunday program What's it like to be an outlaw biker? 'We're dickhead magnets,' one of them tells Adam Shand. 'Drunks in bars like to test themselves against a so-called outlaw.'

Once seen as a free-wheeling, brawling, pleasure-seeking bunch of misfits rolling down the highways, bikers are now cast as social bogeymen. If you believe the dire warnings of the media and politicians, they are an organised crime threat on a global scale.

Adelaide has long been regarded as the biker capital of Australia. Ten years ago South Australian Premier Mike Rann declared himself the nemesis of the biker community and he was committed to putting the clubs out of business with draconian new laws.

Bikers have rarely explained themselves; they have worn their outcast status as a badge of honour. But in 2005, author Adam Shand went inside the world of the outlaws to understand whether such drastic measures were justified or whether this was a fear campaign designed simply to win elections.

For the next six years, Shand mixed with bikers, talking to them about their lives and listening to their stories. He wanted to understand why men joined these secretive, arcane organisations which seemed to be at odds with the rest of society.

What he found were not crime gangs but brotherhoods battling for their survival against threats from within and without.

By 2011, the bikers had won historic victories in the High Court. As Mike Rann's premiership imploded, the bikers were still riding high and living free. The hysteria was beginning to ebb. Outlaws explains how all this came to pass.

Adam Shand is the author of Big Shots and King of Thieves (A+U 2009). He has previously been a journalist on 'The Bulletin' and on the Nine Network's 'Sunday' program.

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Smoking Monkeys, Drilling Rigs, Bio-diesel Bikes and Other Stories The complete Paul Carter Paul Carter A bumper volume chock full of Paul Carter's hugely entertaining stories of his seriously crazy, sometimes terrifying, always hilarious adventures. Strap yourself in for a wild ride.

• All Paul Carter's bestselling books in one volume • Great value price • Ideal stocking stuffer for Christmas!

Export Price: $27.26 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742379074

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Paperback

Dimensions: 208x140mm Extent:

592 pages

Category:

Memoirs

Rights Held: ANZ/Asia Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse (A+U, 2005), This Is Not A Drill (A+U, 2007), Is That Thing Diesel? (A+U, 2010)

Fighter pilots call it 'Task Saturation'. Does it make you mental? After reading this compendium of all three Paul Carter books you will know the answer.

Life is never simple for Paul. Exhilarating and crazed? Yes. And sometimes terrifying? Often.

Strap yourselves in for a bloody funny ride through one man's adventures in the oil trade and beyond with his bestselling books Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse and This is Not a Drill. Death and toothache, dysentery and gambling, madness and a cocktail-serving orang-utan are all part of a day's work.

Then, when you thought he'd grown up and settled down to a calm life - enjoying the fruits of his labour as a successful writer, husband and father, and no longer toiling on drilling rigs - what does he do? That's right, in Is That Thing Diesel? he signs up to be the first guy to ride around Australia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle that runs on used cooking oil. Preferably without getting hit by a semi-trailer full of bridge parts.

Is he out of his mind? Quite possibly.

Smoking Monkeys, Drilling Rigs, Bio-diesel Bikes and Other Stories combines Paul Carter's phenomenally successful books into one handsome volume.

Paul Carter was born in England in 1969. His father's military career had the family moving all over the world, relocating every few years. Paul has lived, worked, gotten into trouble and been given a serious talking to in England, Scotland, Germany, France, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Tunisia, Australia, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo, Columbia, Vietnam, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Sumatra, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, China, the USA and Saudi Arabia. Today he lives in Perth with his wife, baby daughter and two motorbikes.

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Great Battles in Australian History Jonathan King From battle on the high seas in the 18th century, to the peace-keeping forces in the 21st century, award-winning author Dr Jonathan King describes the battles that have had the greatest influence on Australian history.

• From the author of Great Moments in Australian History (sales in excess of 8,000 copies) • Starts with the Battle of Vinegar Hill (1804) and concludes with exchanges between Iraqi insurgents and Victoria Cross winners in 2005 • Extensively illustrated throughout with archival black & white photographs • CATEGORY: History 'Yes, we could fight all right. Nobody could fight better than us diggers.' - Jack Buntine, veteran of Gallipoli and the Western Front Export Price: $31.82 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742374574

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Paperback

Dimensions: 230x172mm Extent:

444 pages

Category:

Military

Illustrations: 120 black and white photos Rights Held: World Rights Sold:

Great Battles in Australian History tells the story of the forty most remarkable conflicts involving Australians through the eyes of the great heroes who were there.

Alongside them, we can ride a horse into battle to save a wounded bugler in the Boer War; charge up the cliffs with the Anzacs at Gallipoli to help forge the legend; ride history's last great cavalry charge with the legendary Light Horse; shoot Japanese planes down as they bomb Darwin; beat off Hitler's Desert Fox, Rommel, with the 'Rats of Tobruk'; escape from a Viet Cong ambush in a tropical downpour, or slide down a rope from a helicopter into the jaws of a Taliban attack in Afghanistan. Many of these great warriors won the Victoria Cross; some died winning it.

As historian Jonathan King takes us to the battlefields of long ago and then on a rollercoaster-ride right up to the war in Afghanistan, he brings history alive, laying bare the significance of each battle. Despite the heroics and the glory, the devastation that war wreaks is inescapable. This book serves as a tribute to all the Australian servicemen and women who have fought selflessly for their country over the last two centuries.

'Anzac' stood and still stands for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never admit defeat.

-Charles Bean

Dr Jonathan King is the award-winning author of over 30 historical books, and has interviewed many veterans from Gallipoli, the Western Front and other conflicts. He specialises in military history, and has led tour groups to Gallipoli and the Western Front.

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Supercoach The life and times of Jack Gibson Andrew Webster The result of exclusive access to Jack Gibson's private journals, this is the definitive autobiography of the Coach of the Century - the life of the man they called Supercoach.

• So controversial it couldn't be published while Gibson was alive • Jack Gibson was a legend of the ARL • Written by a highly regarded sports journalist • Author had exclusive access to Gibson's family and his private papers • CATEGORY: Biography

Export Price: $27.26 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742378091

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Paperback - C format

Dimensions: 234x155mm Extent:

320 pages

Category:

Rugby League

Illustrations: 2 16 page full-colour picture sections Rights Held: World Rights Sold:

Like most of the bouncers in town, Bobby Lee was an ageing boxer, but was as tough as they come. He was the muscle on the door at Thommo's, the illegal twoup game held in secrecy in Surry Hills in Sydney's inner city. It was owned by Joe Taylor - 'The Boss', as everyone called him. In May 1951, Bobby Lee was shot five times. He didn't survive. Jack Gibson got his job.

'Big Jack' was the original supercoach, but before that he was one of the toughest men in Sydney. It was there for all to see as a brutal front-row forward for Easts, Newtown and Wests during the 1950s and 1960s. As a coach, he was a revolutionary, adopting methods from American football and innovating heavily in his own right to win back-to-back premierships with Eastern Suburbs in 1974 and 1975, and then three with Parramatta from 1981 to 1983-giving the Eels their first ever premiership win.

Yet behind his gruff exterior and trademark kangaroo fur coat was a generous and warm family man, whose life was changed forever by the death of his son Luke from a drug overdose. With the cooperation of Jack's family and friends, and unprecedented access to Jack's scrapbooks, journals and private photographs, Andrew Webster has written the definitive account of the 'Coach of the Century', Jack Gibson.

Andrew Webster is a senior sportswriter at The Daily Telegraph and has been covering rugby league at the highest level for the past 15 years. Supercoach is his first book.

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Darius Bell and the Crystal Bees Odo Hirsch In this wonderful sequel to 2010 CBCA Children's Book of the Year award winner Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool, Darius and his friends solve a new problem - the disappearance of bees - and help their class win the Mayor's Prize!

• Vintage Odo Hirsch, in the style of Antonio S (50,000 copies sold), Hazel Green (over 37,000 copies sold) and Amelia Dee (over 16,000 copies sold) • Classic feel but original story • Great character piece - wonderfully humorous descriptions of human foibles • Values of friendship, community and citizenship, clever problem solving • Teachers notes will be available on the website • 10 copy pack with wobbler available • Themes: friendship, community, citizen action, the environment, interdependence Export Price: $14.54 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742376837

Format:

Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 195x131mm Extent:

264 pages

Category:

Junior Fiction

Readership: Ages 8 to 12

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman Bartlett and the Island of Kings Bartlett and the Ice Voyage Bartlett and the Forest of Plenty Bartlett and the City of Flames

'There'll be nothing, Darius. Not just honey. No fruit, no vegetables - nothing!' Mr Fisher shook his head in despair. 'I'll have to leave.'

The bees on the Bell estate are dying. There'll be no more delicious honey, and without the bees to pollinate flowers, no more fruit and vegetables. No more of Mrs Simpson's glorious pies and cakes!

Worse still, it also means that Mr Fisher the gardener and his family, including Marguerite, will have to leave. Darius won't let it happen. He tries everything he can think of, without success.

Then Darius has a great idea. But he will need help from his friends and family to make it work. And he must drive a hard bargain with Mrs Lightman, the school principal and a dragon if ever there was one...

A companion to the award-winning Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool - winner 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award - this is a very funny story of problem-solving, teamwork and pollination.

Odo Hirsch was born and grew up in Melbourne where he trained to be a doctor.

He now lives in London and writes excellent award-winning books that are published not only in Australia but also in the US, UK, Netherlands, Korea, Germany and Italy.

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The Little Refugee Anh Do and Suzanne Do, illustrated by Bruce Whatley Anh Do - a comedian, and one of Australia' favourite personalities - nearly didn't make it to Australia. He and his family escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. It was a dangerous journey, with murderous pirates and terrifying storms, and the entire family came close to losing their lives.

Export Price: $22.72 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742378329

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Hard Cover

Dimensions: 301x248mm Extent:

32 pages

Category:

Picture books

Readership: Ages 4 to 8 Illustrations: full-colour illustrations throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: The Happiest Refugee (2010)

• The Happiest Refugee has sold over 120,000 copies and won numerous awards • 100% of Anh's royalties will be donated to charity - a Vietnamese shelter for orphans and disabled children run by Sister Trish Franklin • Great precedents for this kind of book eg The Peasant Prince (adapted from Mao's Last Dancer) sold over 17,000 on Bookscan alone • Anh is teamed with acclaimed children's picture book creator, Bruce Whatley who has illustrated over 40 books and been published round the world • Bruce's Diary of a Wombat (written by Jackie French) has sold over 165,000 copies in Australia • Topical and a great tool for teaching in schools • Teachers notes will be available on the A&U website Giant waves crashed down on our little boat. I was terrified but my mum hugged me tight and told me, "Everything will be okay. Don't worry, it will be okay."

Surviving the journey, Anh had to adapt to his new home. Life could be hard for a small Vietnamese boy with no English and funny lunches, and parents who had to work all the time to make ends meet. However, no matter what the difficulty, Anh learnt to see the bright side of life, and eventually there was triumph. The Little Refugee tells of one family's survival against the odds, and the transforming power of hope.

Anh Do is one of Australia's leading comedians. He has also acted in television series and films, written screenplays and is a sought-after keynote speaker. His unique and inspirational experience leaving Vietnam as a toddler and growing up in Australia is the subject of his bestselling and award-winning memoir, The Happiest Refugee. Anh and his wife, Suzanne, have written The Little Refugee in response to the vast numbers of people who have read The Happiest Refugee and pleaded for a version for children. They are donating all royalties earned from The Little Refugee to an orphanage in Vietnam.

Bruce Whatley is one of Australia's best-loved and most-respected authorillustrators. His most recent books include the enormously successful and awardwinning Diary of a Wombat, written by Jackie French, and its companion volumes.

Bruce has illustrated over forty books to date and many of these have been honoured by the Children's Book Council of Australia.

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Ten Blue Wrens and what a lot of wattle!

Elizabeth Honey Ten Blue Wrens is a playful and original counting book that celebrates the Australian sense of humour and national pride. Two icons make their appearance in the last two spreads: Uluru ('Big mobs of people and buses and cars') and the Sydney Harbour Bridge (with 'Trillions and thrillions and brillions of stars'), but the count up to twelve is a witty, rhyming text with familiar Australian content.

Export Price: $22.72 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742377872

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 286x222mm Extent:

32 pages

Category:

Picture books

Readership: Ages 2 to 6 Illustrations: full-colour illustrations throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Picture books: That's not a daffodil!

I'm still awake, still! (with Sue Johnson) The Moon in the Man Not a Nibble!

• Children will love to recognise familiar objects and Australian icons and learn about less familiar ones • Great gifts for ex-pat Australian kids living abroad. And should work well for Australian schools.

• A great twist on a traditional counting book for kids who are already somewhat familiar with numbers - joyfully plays with ideas like 'taking away' (none left over) and multiplication (twelve kelpie legs on three dogs) as well as the concept of huge numbers like 'billions' and more • Elizabeth Honey is well recognised in schools and this book could inspire many classroom activities • 8 copy pack with a mobile for display • Themes include: beach, bush, food, football, landscape A counting book introduces the vocabulary of numbers, number recognition and sequence, with rhymes to aid the remembering of the numbers. Elizabeth Honey presents a clear numeral on each page and distinct objects to be counted in this very friendly book.

Ten Blue Wrens can be read to young children who are learning numbers, and also with children in kindergarten and prep, so from ages 2 to 6 years. It will also make a wonderful gift or souvenir book for people who have visited Australia.

Elizabeth Honey is a popular author who has been delighting Australian readers for many years, from her award-winning beach-holiday picture book, Not a Nibble! and her Stella Street novels, to the story with songs, I'm Still Awake, Still! and her recent picture book That's not a Daffodil!.

Poetry books: Honey Sandwich Novels 45 & 47 Stella Street and everything that happened Don't Pat the Wombat!

What Do You Think, Feezal?

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Parrot Carrot Jol and Kate Temple illustrated by Jon Foye Meet a goose who looks like a moose, and a rabbit who looks like a carrot!

This delightful rhyming picture book takes a very simple concept - what would happen if you mixed an animal with an object? - and adds some quirky illustrations and a strong design sense to create a laugh-out-loud book for pre-schoolers. For lovers of silly wordplay and funny pictures, young and old.

• Gorgeous gift format with very cute 'puffy' cover and stylish accessible design • Cross promotion with Parrot Carrot app being developed and publicised by Leo Burnett advertising agency • Add Parrot Carrot as your friend on facebook, and check out dedicated website parrotcarrot.com • 10 copy counterpack with header card and free display copy • Themes include animals, wordplay, humour Export Price: $11.81 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742376868

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 177x162mm Extent:

32 pages

Category:

Picture books

Readership: Ages 2 to 5

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Here is a parrot.

Here is a carrot.

Here is a parrot that looks like a carrot.

Designed in a very cute gift format, with a funky design and a gorgeous 'puffy' cover, and can be compared with Anna Walker's I Love to Dance; Isol's It's Useful to Have a Duck and Emily Gravett's Orange Pear Apple Bear.

Jol looks like a foal. Kate looks like a plate. Despite this, they have successfully collaborated on several children's titles, two screenplays, numerous shopping lists and even an episode of Two and a Half Men. Gypsies to the core, they have lived in Sydney, San Francisco and Venice Beach.

Jon looks like a Won Ton. But don't hold that against him. He's very good at drawing things. When Jon is not drawing things that look like other things he works as a senior art director for a Sydney advertising agency. He lives in Rozelle with his wife Marissa, who looks like a bowl of spicy harissa.

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All the Way to W.A. Our Search for Uncle Kev Roland Harvey The fifth fantastic Roland Harvey holiday book.

• Continuation of popular, bestselling series (To the Top End sales nearly 15,000 copies in hardcover; series sales nearly 100,000 copies) • The perfect Christmas gift for any child - guaranteed to occupy them for hours • 'Find the Bearded Night Parrot' feature (parrot can be found on every page) • Roland Harvey has a high profile and is known for his highly detailed, humourous and warmly observed scenes • Ideal teaching tool to use for a 'What I did on my holidays' class • 8 copy pack with free display copy available • Themes: Australia, humour, family

Export Price: $22.72 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781741758856

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 257x243mm Extent:

32 pages

Category:

Picture books

Readership: Ages 6 to 10 Illustrations: full-colour illustrations

Roland Harvey's previous books in this series are At the Beach, In the Bush, In the City and To the Top End. Our most recent title, To the Top End, has sold 14,500 copies in hardback since publication in Nov 2009 (paperback will be released in September 2011) and we have sold over 70,000 copies across all four books so far published in this series.

Full of glorious landscapes and quirky hilarious details, All the Way to W.A. (Western Australia) revolves around our familiar family and their wacky Uncle Kev, but also focuses on the extraordinary scenery, towns and people of Australia's wild west.

throughout Rights Held: WORLD Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Other books by Roland Harvey published by Allen and Unwin: To the Top End(2009) In the City (2007) In the Bush (2005) At the Beach (2004) Horse Crazy! The Complete Adventures of Bonnie & Sam

In this story we discover on page one that Uncle Kev is missing somewhere in WA while on the hunt for a rare bird. So our family sets off on the train and follows the trail of Uncle Kev (who in turn is following the trail of the rare Bearded Night Parrot which can be spotted on every page by an attentive reader).

Roland Harvey is one of Australia's best-loved illustrators. In 1978, he established Roland Harvey Studios and began designing and producing greeting cards, posters and stationery with a distinctly Australian flavour. Ventures into publishing quickly followed. Some of his best-loved books include My Place in Space (with Joe Levine), Burke and Wills, The First Fleet, Sick As (with Gael Jennings) and The New Roland Harvey Christmas Book, reincarnated by Allen and Unwin in 2008 as Roland Harvey's Big Book of Christmas. His recent books include the best-selling At the Beach, In the Bush, In the City and To the Top End and his brilliant illustrations are also a feature of It's True! Burke + Wills Forgot the Frying Pan by David Greagg and the Bonnie + Sam series - the Horses and Ponies of Currawong Creek, in collaboration with Alison Lester.

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The Coming of the Whirlpool: Ship Kings 1 Andrew McGahan From the award-winning author of Praise and The White Earth comes a magnificent young adult series about destiny and desire, set in a brilliantly realised fantasy world.

Export Price: $20.90 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742376479

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 213x142mm Extent:

304 pages

Category:

Young Adult - Fiction

Readership: Ages 15 to 18

Rights Held: ANZ/Asia Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Praise 1988 The White Earth Underground Last Drinks Wonders of a Godless World

• Lavish hardcover with foiled jacket and beautifully designed internals including a map • Lyrical writing and a compelling, original, thought-provoking story • A naval saga full of adventure, battles and fantastic descriptions of ships and the sea (plus a hint of romance) • A treat for Andrew's many existing fans as well as readers of Neil Gaiman, Patrick Ness, Isobelle Carmody and Patrick O'Brian • He has been recognised in awards including the Miles Franklin, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, The Age Book of the Year, the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and many others • The first of a four-book series with further titles coming 2012, 2013 and 2014 • Dedicated website andrewmcgahan.com.au will include additional material on the series • Poster and digital assets available for retailers • Promotion in consumer e-newsletters and schools mailings, catalogues and ads.

Teachers notes If you go to sea, you will come to the attention of the Ship Kings. And if they discover who you are, they will kill you.

Young Dow Amber is no sailor. But driven by a strange sea-longing he ventures down to the great grim bay known as the Claw. He hopes to learn there of seafaring, but he finds only a fearful people who scarcely dare sail at all, for they have been cursed by a monstrous whirlpool that haunts the bay, stealing away their sons.

Then the rulers of all the world - the proud and cruel Ship Kings - arrive in the Claw.

Dow is fascinated by their fine tall vessels, and even more so by a mysterious girl who lives aboard their flagship. It is a perilous attraction to be sure, but could it be that his future somehow lies with the Ship Kings? Or will he be called upon to descend to his death, when the terrible whirlpool rises once more?

The Coming of the Whirlpool is the first volume in a stunning series from Miles Franklin Award winner Andrew McGahan.

Andrew McGahan is one of Australia's finest writers of fiction. His first novel, Praise, won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1992. In 2004, The White Earth won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, The Age Book of the Year, and The Courier Mail Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel is Wonders of a Godless World. In 2009, Andrew was shortlisted for the Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards for his contribution to Australian Literature. The Coming of the Whirlpool is his first novel for young adults.

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Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi Juliette must make a choice. Be a weapon. Or a warrior.

Combining a crumbling dystopian world with a compelling heroine who has inexplicable powers, Shatter Me is a mesmerising thriller.

'Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance.' - Lauren Kate, author of Fallen

Export Price: $16.35 Pub. Date:

1 Nov 2011

ISBN:

9781742378206

Format:

Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent:

348 pages

Category:

Young Adult - Fiction

Readership: Ages 14 to 18

Rights Held: ANZ/SE Asia Rights Sold:

• Ages: 14+ • Film rights sold to 20th Century Fox • Simultaneous international publication • Extremely hot author who has generated enormous buzz • Shatter Me sold in under 48 hours to HarperCollinsPublishers • Impressive foreign sales including Germany - to Goldmann, Italy - to Rizzoli, Brazil - to Novo Conceito, France - to Michel Lafon and Spain, Portugal, and Russia are currently in negotiation • Tahereh's agent is Jodi Reamer who discovered Stephenie Meyer • Huge teen appeal: fascinating characters, an imaginative world, a heart-stopping adventure, a spellbinding romance, and desperately high stakes • The beginning of a trilogy with Book 2 coming out in 2012 and Book 3 in 2013 • Direct to teen marketing including facebook and magazine advertising 'You can't touch me,' I whisper.

I'm lying, is what I don't tell him.

He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him.

Please touch me, is what I want to tell him.

But things happen when people touch me.

Strange things. Bad things. DEAD THINGS. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon.

But Juliette has plans of her own.

After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time - and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.

Tahereh Mafi is a girl. She was born the youngest child with four older brothers in a small city somewhere in Connecticut, and currently resides in Orange County, California, where the weather is just a little too perfect for her tastes. She graduated from a tiny liberal arts college two miles from the shores of Laguna Beach, has varying levels of competency in eight different languages and spent a semester abroad in Barcelona, Spain, where she had the opportunity to study Spanish literature in its native form. She's travelled all over the world, lived on both sides of the country, and even spent some years writing really bad poetry. When unable to find a book, she can be found reading candy wrappers, coupons, and old receipts.

She has no idea how to multiply big numbers in her head, and hopes to God no one will ever ask her to. Shatter Me is her first novel.

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Follow the Money Peter Corris Battle-scarred but indefatigable PI, Cliff Hardy has lost all his dough to an unscrupulous financial advisor. He's got to follow the money trail deep into Sydney's underbelly into the territory of big money and bent deals to get himself back in the black.

• New in paperback • Another pacy, and highly topical Cliff Hardy story • CATEGORY: Crime fiction When beautiful young women kiss you on the cheek you know you're over the hill, but I didn't really feel like that. As Wesley said, I still had the moves.

Export Price: $16.35 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742379326

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Paperback

Dimensions: 181x111mm Extent:

272 pages

Category:

Crime & mystery

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Cliff Hardy may still have the moves but he's in trouble. The economy's tanking and he's been conned by an unscrupulous financial advisor and lost everything he's got.

Cliff only knows one way, and that's forward, so he's following the money trail. It's a twisted road that leads him down deep into Sydney's underbelly, into the territory of big money, bent deals, big yachts and bad people.

Cliff's in greater danger than ever before, but he's as tenacious as a dog with a bone.

Peter Corris has been writing his best selling Cliff Hardy detective stories for thirty years. He's written many other books, including a very successful biography of Fred Hollows and a collection of short stories revolving around the game of golf.

REVIEW QUOTES '...what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh ... Corris does for Sydney.' - Shane Maloney 'Cliff Hardy, the central figure of his long-running Sydney-based crime series, is so good, so well crafted, so slyly seductive, each new book must be devoured at a single sitting.' The Weekly Times 'Fast and furious, this great thriller shows Sydney at its best and worst.' Woman's Day 'For down-and-dirty Aussie crime fiction, Peter Corris proves he's still on the money.' Courier Mail 'Fans can rest assured this is Corris true to form.' Courier Mail

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Great Australian Stories Legends, yarns and tall tales Graham Seal From pioneer tales to urban myths, folklore expert Graham Seal has gathered some of the best Australian stories from around the country.

• New in paperback • Contains ten extra stories • More than 16,000 copies sold in trade paperback • Australian yarns from around the country which have been retold so often they've become classics • Author is a leading expert on Australian folklore • CATEGORY: Australiana

Export Price: $20.90 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742374734

Format:

Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent:

312 pages

Category:

Anthologies (non-poetry)

'Great Australian Stories is true to its title as it wanders from bush track to spooky hollow, follows the path of yowies and bunyips, searches for Lasseter's Reef, meets Dad and Dave and, on a different path, Henny-Penny, and then rambles into the cities where just as many entertaining characters are ready to tell their stories.' From the foreword by Warren Fahey Australia has a rich tradition of storytelling that reflects our unique history and experience. Great Australian Stories gathers some of the best of our stories from colonial times to the present, with bush yarns, tall stories, urban myths, and tales of the mysterious and downright weird.

Illustrations: 11 black and white images Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Dog's eye and dead horse: the complete guide to Australian rhyming slang (Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins, 2009); These Few Lines A Convict Romance: The lost lives of Myra and William Sykes (Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins, 2008); Tell 'em I died game: the legend of Ned Kelly (Flemington, VIC: Hyland House Publishing, 2002); etc.

With ten new stories, this second edition of the bestselling Great Australian Stories is the most representative collection available of the stories we tell about ourselves.

Graham Seal explains where the stories come from, and why even the outright lies reveal a truth of sorts.

Graham Seal is Professor of Folklore at Curtin University, and a leading expert on traditional Australian culture.

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Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia James Bell Though intended only for the eyes of his beloved in England, this diary written by James Bell, sailor on the voyage of the good ship Planter to Australia in 1838, provides a unique insight into the experience of sailing to Australia in the middle of the Nineteenth Century. An invaluable addition to the history of the emigrant ships to Australia.

Export Price: $22.72 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742377957

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 203x137mm Extent:

224 pages

Category:

Australasian & Pacific history

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• Diary lay in obscurity for about 150 years before it was bought for a few pounds from a London market stall and auctioned at Bonham's • Has since been acquired by the State Library of South Australia • Reveals how life aboard included drunken orgies, seduction of minors, prostitution and violence among the crew • A rare and readable eye-witness account • Packaged as an approximation of a facsimile to appeal to the gift market • Absolutely compelling • CATEGORY: History On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious 'C.P.', a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited.

The journey usually took 130 days, but due to the incompetence of the captain and the many misadventures encountered it took the Planter almost six months to reach its destination. Along the way it lost a crew, several passengers and much livestock; it gained a new crew and at least one extra passenger. The drunken brawls and licentious couplings horrified James Bell who, to while away the time, penned a detailed account of all the comings and goings for the eyes of 'C.P.' only, sternly advising her that 'it must never be read by a third party'.

Sustained by his sense of adventure, his love of poetry, his faith in his Presbyterian God, his nostalgic memories of rural Scotland and particularly by his affection for 'C. P.', James Bell maintained a vivid and astute record of his historic journey. His voice travels down to us, more than a century and a half later, and reminds us of the dangers and joys of such an adventurous leap into the unknown.

James Bell's diary lay in obscurity for about 150 years and then was amazingly found on a market stall and auctioned at Bonham's, where it was acquired by the State Library of South Australia. He died a year after arrival in Adelaide, from a 'brain infection'.

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Wisdom Ron Barassi Words of wisdom from Ron Barassi providing motivation and inspiration to forge success and satisfaction in sport and in life.

• Ron Barassi is revered by many as the game's greatest identity • He was the first player to be inaugurated into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a Legend • This book will appeal not only to the sports market but also readers of self help • Great value stocking stuffer Ron Barassi is an iconic figure in Australian sporting culture, with a record of personal and team success that is unrivalled. Beyond sport, he has become a greatly respected elder in our broader society.

Export Price: $13.63 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742378756

Format:

Paperback

Dimensions: 181x111mm Extent:

132 pages

Category:

Australian Rules football

Illustrations: scattered B&W illustrations Rights Held: World Rights Sold:

In Wisdom, he shares with us 31 maxims and quotations that he has collected and which have been integral in forging that reputation. Ron reflects on each and explains their importance in delivering ideas, motivation and inspiration and how he applied them in sport and in life - words of wisdom, indeed. Containing beautiful illustrations from artist James Money, Wisdom is a book to come back to time and again.

Ronald Dale Barassi is a legend for many reasons; incredible player, revolutionary coach, enduring media personality. For more than 50 years he has been one of the most influential people in the game, and the shadow he casts is matched by few, if any.

Footballers are often branded heroes or villains according to their team colours, but Ron Barassi is loved and respected by all. He has truly become the father of the modern game, and will always be remembered as an all-time great.

Illustrations by James Money. Born in 1974, James graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1995. His illustrations have graced various magazines, newspapers, books and other publications. In 2003, James was awarded the Melbourne Savage Club Drawing Prize. In 2010, his works were selected as finalists in the Archibald Prize, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and Rick Amor Drawing Prize.

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The Sports Insider Jack Ralston and Steve Kilgallon New Zealand's ultimate sports insider tells his life story. Jack knows everyone from Michael Jordan to Nelson Mandela. He's worked with triathletes and rugby players, yachtsmen and basketballers.

• Jack's story is multi-faceted. Not only is it a darn good read, it's also inspirational; there's also the backroom angle showing how sport in NZ is really run; and then there's the business angle - the small fact that he was one of the top execs at Nike • Arthur Lydiard, Nelson Mandela, Michael Jordan, Louis Luyt, Francois Pienaar, Phil Knight ... Jack Ralston knows everyone!

• Jack has been involved in so many key moments in NZ (and world) sport that the publicity angles are endless. Both authors have great media contacts.

Export Price: $27.26 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781877505102

Format:

Paperback - C format

Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent:

232 pages

Category:

Biography: general

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Jack Ralston is New Zealand's ultimate sports insider. Having started his sporting career training with Arthur Lydiard, he went on to head up Nike Sports Marketing working with greats like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Carl Lewis. Drawn back to New Zealand, Jack then worked for the New Zealand Rugby Union, trained triathletes like Hamish Carter and worked with Round-the-World yachting syndicates. He's a businessman, a sportsman, a trainer and a great story teller.

Jack has been an insider during many of the seminal moments in New Zealand sport over the last two decades. And now he's ready to tell his story. The whole story.

Steve Kilgallon is one of New Zealand's leading sports journalists, currently working for the Sunday Star Times.

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Old-Timers Magnificent stories from mighty Australians Sandy Thorne An earthy, entertaining collection of yarns about twenty larger-than-life outback characters.

• Features the life stories of some of Australia's true living treasures - all of them over the age of 70 • Sandy Thorne has a remarkable rapport with older Australians - they tell her stories that even their kids haven't heard!

• Author is a well-known entertainer in the bush and spins a great yarn • Has a great track record with sales in excess of 400,000 copies across ten titles • CATEGORY: Australiana

Export Price: $27.26 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742374529

Format:

Paperback - C format

Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent:

336 pages

Category:

Biography: general

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Her previous titles are: I've Met Some Bloody Wags, More Bloody Wags, Battler, Battler's Block, On the Shake of a Hand, Laugh Yer Guts Out, Beyond the Razor Wire, Tickle a Bushies Fancy, Wags in Verse, Battler on the Gold Coast. Between them they have sold ove

Meet Ron Canlin, who one day began sculpting the sandstone walls of his opal mine. Ten years later, every drive and tunnel in Ron's claim is full of wonderful sculptures - the eighth wonder of the world.

Or Peter Venables, with his flowing white beard, puffing his pipe like a character from the pioneering 1800s, whose teams of Clydesdales plough, sow and harvest the crops they eat.

Or Janie Marshall, contract musterer, ex-amateur jockey, known as 'F...kin' Jenny' after her favourite word, which she roars frequently - even in front of the parson!

She's as outback as a road train full of emus, and you'll love reading her story.

In Old-Timers, jillaroo, opal miner and bush humourist Sandy Thorne has assembled twenty vital snapshots of Australian life that inspire and enthral with their energy, originality and genuine pioneering spirit.

Thorne treats us to tales from wharf labourers, coalminers, battling cockies, stockmen, spies, prisoners of war, pioneer fishermen, politicians, policemen, pilots and racing and rodeo horsemen. Sparkling with wisdom, wit, forthrightness and irreverent humour, these stories celebrate a courageous national character that squeezes every ounce out of life, through good times and bad.

Sandy Thorne has had incredible success with her books. She spins a great yarn full of humour, life and colour that engages the reader from the first word. A former jillaroo, horse breaker and bull-catcher she is now Australia's first and only female professional bush humourist. She has performed at countless festivals, concerts, conferences and other events as well as on TV and radio all over Australia, New Zealand and the US since launching her first book on 'The Midday Show' by ripping the top off a stubbie with her teeth.

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Little Theories of Life Peter FitzSimons In a cornucopia of theories, conundrums and fascinating morsels, the irrepressible Peter FitzSimons seeks to resolve the BIG issues: Why do men fall asleep after sex? Why is it that nuns always drive brown Toranas? What do hemlines have to do with the state of the economy?

• A blend of miscellany, jokes and theories • An ideal stocking stuffer • Peter FitzSimons has a huge profile in Australia (with massive sales to match!)

• CATEGORY: HUMOUR

Export Price: $15.45 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742375373

Format:

Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent:

192 pages

Category:

Humour

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous edition Korean (Freewill)

Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive 40 kilometres per hour slower than those without?

These are the big questions of life, and it takes a brave man to tackle them. The Italian versus Australian theory of traffic lights; who gets the spare armrest between aeroplane seats; why men fall asleep after love-making ... In this updated edition of the best-selling Little Theories of Life, author, broadcaster and columnist Peter FitzSimons is your ideal guide to the weird world of the popular theory, the urban myth, and the land of 'did you know ...?'

Peter FitzSimons is the bestselling author of over twenty books and is a muchloved columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun Herald. He is an exWallaby, a television presenter and a regular contributor to the International Herald Tribune and The Daily Telegraph in London.

Previous Titles: And Now For Some Light Relief... (HarperCollins, 2009); Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men

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Everyday Kindness Short cuts to a happier and more confident life Stephanie Dowrick Bestselling author of Choosing Happiness shows how to tackle the pressures of the modern world, providing the insights, reassurance and means to worry far less and enjoy our lives more.

• Stephanie Dowrick is Australia's most successful self-help writer • She shares her wisdom on topics ranging from self-confidence and grief, to parenting and friendship, happiness and love • Small, self-contained pieces - perfect for dipping into • Packaged into a gift format for Christmas gift giving • Low price point • Stephanie has an incredibly loyal following, keen to own everything she's written so there's a ready market eagerly awaiting this publication Export Price: $25.45 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742378244

Format:

Paperback - Demy

Dimensions: 208x138mm Extent:

384 pages

Category:

SELF-HELP / PERSONAL

Virtually every moment of our greatest wellbeing reflects the giving and receiving of kindness.

At home, work and in the wider world, there are countless opportunities when a moment of consideration or kindness - given or received - will transform your day.

Whether it is a hard time to be endured, or a wonderful time to be shared and celebrated, it's our willingness to think well of ourselves and act kindly towards others that makes all the difference.

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In this intimate, deeply reassuring book, Choosing Happiness author Dr Stephanie Dowrick takes kindness as her inspiration and theme. And she does so in ways that are powerfully encouraging.

Previous Titles: Seeking the Sacred (2010); Creative Journal Writing (2007); Almost Perfect Marriage (2007); Choosing Happiness (2005); Free Thinking (2004); The Universal Heart (2000); Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love (1997); Intimacy and Solitude (1991)

Whether she is writing about food or moods, about growing in self-confidence and appreciation, teaching resilience to our children or ourselves, making the best choices to support our physical and emotional wellbeing, the pleasures and dilemmas of contemporary work, parenting, friendship and love, or even how to improve or save our closest relationships - Stephanie Dowrick is making a calmer, happier and more rewarding life immediately possible.

Stephanie Dowrick, PhD, has the rare distinction of writing critically acclaimed, much-loved best sellers. Her books include In the Company of Rilke, Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, Creative Journal Writing, Choosing Happiness and Seeking the Sacred. Formerly a publisher and also a trained psychotherapist, Stephanie Dowrick writes and teaches on a variety of spiritual, psychological and ethical issues. Her particular gift is anticipating key social issues and writing about them in ways that are encouraging and transformative. She also writes widely in the Australian media.

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Mr Chicken goes to Paris Leigh Hobbs From the creator of Old Tom, Horrible Harriet and Fiona the Pig comes the unforgettable and riotous Mr Chicken! What's in store for Mr Chicken in the City of Love, and how will the Parisians react?

• Now in paperback with three new illustrations • Over 15,000 copies sold in hardcover • Critically acclaimed and shortlisted for numerous awards including CBCA Picture Book of The Year and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards • Like Babar and Madeline, Leigh Hobbs' work has an enduring classic quality • Hilarious images and understated text appeal to a wide range of ages • Also perfect for anyone who loves Paris!

• Themes include travel, French language and landmarks, friendship

Export Price: $14.54 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742378350

Format:

Paperback

Dimensions: 271x260mm Extent:

32 pages

Category:

Picture books

Readership: Ages 4 to 6 Illustrations: Full-colour illustrations throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Allen and Unwin titles Mr Badger and the Magic Mirror - Allen & Unwin, 2011 Mr Badger and the Difficult Duchess Allen & Unwin, 2011 Mr Badger and the Missing Ape - Allen & Unwin, 2010 Mr Badger and the Big Surprise - Allen & Unwin, 2010

'The world's most beautiful city meets the world's most startling chicken ... Not since Quasimodo has Paris been host to a monster of such charm. In typical exuberant style, Hobbs takes us abroad with the gentlemanly Mr Chicken, who tours the magnifique sights of Paris unaware that his enormous top-hatted self is the most astonishing spectacle of all. Joyously colourful, brilliantly observed, hilariously wry, Mr Chicken Goes to Paris is Leigh Hobbs' masterpiece.' Sonya Hartnett 'There is no end to the delights of this masterpiece.' Maurice Saxby Mr Chicken has taken up his friend Yvette's invitation to visit Paris. As they journey together through the City of Love, Mr Chicken is overcome by the magic of all the city has to offer - and the inhabitants of this most stylish city don't quite know what to make of him. Mr Chicken is yet another unforgettable and riotous character from Leigh Hobbs who will delight children of all ages.

Leigh Hobbs has travelled for much of his adult life - and the times he has spent in Paris have been among his happiest. A lover of history and architecture, Mr Chicken Goes to Paris shows his delight in the city that has brought him so much joy.

Leigh is also the creator of Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona the Pig and Class 4F (who feature in 4F for Freaks and Freaks Ahoy). His distinctive style has attracted critical acclaim in Australia and internationally and he is a firm favourite with children aged 4-6.

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BOM! went the Bear Nicki Greenberg BOM! went the Bear is a joyous, rhythmic celebration of music and play.

Another winning picture book for the very young from the creator of Monkey Red Monkey Blue.

• Joyful rhythmic, rhyming text, alive with colour, movement and music - fantastic to read aloud • Lots of animals for kids to spot and name • From the talented Nicki Greenberg, creator of CBCA Notable Book Monkey Red Monkey Blue, and the graphic novel adaptations The Great Gatsby & CBCA shortlisted Hamlet • 8 copy pack with free display copy available • Themes: music, independence, fun

Export Price: $18.17 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742376714

Format:

Hard Cover

Dimensions: 220x280mm Extent:

32 pages

Category:

Picture books

Bear loves to play his big bass drum, and march around like he's king of all the land. It's so much fun that soon he is joined by all manner of animals. But with so many musicians determined to perform, is there room for Bear to march to the beat of his own drum?

Comparison titles: Bertie & the Bear (Pamela Allen), Boom Bah (Phil Cummings & Nina Rycroft) Nicki Greenberg is a writer and illustrator with a special interest in sequential art.

Readership: Ages 0 to 4 Illustrations: colour illos throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Monkey Red Monkey Blue, Allen & Unwin 2010 Hamlet, Allen & Unwin 2010 The Great Gatsby, Allen & Unwin 2009 (PB edition) The Great Gatsby, Allen & Unwin 2007 (HB edition)

Her first picture books, The Digits series, were published when she was fifteen years old. Since then she has dedicated most of her ink to comics, but has also written and illustrated fiction and non-fiction books for children. She is the creator of the graphic novel 'staged-on-the-page' adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and the delightful picture book for younger readers Monkey Red Monkey Blue.

Website: www.nickigreenberg.com/ Blog: http://nickigreenberg.blogspot.com/

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You Can Draw Anything Kim Gamble If you look, really look, and see the lines and shapes that things are made of, you can draw anything.

• Well-priced, easy stocking stuffer for Christmas and activity for Summer holidays • From the illustrator of Tashi. Various illustrations throughout.

• Friendly, easy-to-follow, encouraging and enabling • 8 copy pack with free display copy available If you can write numbers and the letters A-Z, you can draw anything.

Export Price: $9.08 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742377988

Format:

Paperback

Dimensions: 270x215mm Extent:

48 pages

Category:

True Stories

Readership: Ages 8 to 12

With lots of examples, step-by-step guidance, helpful tips, jokes, stories and flip pictures, Kim Gamble shows: How to draw animals, faces, bodies, people in action, buildings, machines... anything!

How to give your pictures depth, using perspective.

How to give them form, using light and shade.

How to look, see, draw, explore and have fun!

Kim Gamble is one of Australia's favourite illustrators for children. He has created wonderful artwork for many picture books, including The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels, The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived, Joseph, Horrendo's Curse and the Minton books, with Anna Fienberg, as well as the Tashi series, by Anna and Barbara Fienberg, and First Day by Margaret Wild.

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Drink, Slay, Love Sarah Beth Durst A teen vampire is stabbed through the heart by a were-unicorn - and develops a conscience. Life sucks!

• Refreshingly funny, immediately engaging, great summer reading • A timely take-off of moody teen vampires that will appeal to the girl who has read and outgrown Twilight • A classic high-school romantic comedy: think Sixteen Candles but with a vampire/hunter showdown in the prom scene • 8 copy pack available with free reading copy

Export Price: $15.45 Pub. Date:

1 Dec 2011

ISBN:

9781742379166

Format:

Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent:

396 pages

Category:

Young Adult - Fiction

Readership: Ages 12 to 16

Rights Held: ANZ/Asia Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Enchanted Ivy Ice Into the Wild Out of the Wild

Pearl is a sixteen-year-old vampire ... fond of blood, allergic to sunlight, and mostly evil. That is until one night she encounters a unicorn and he stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops. Her family doesn't believe her (because obviously unicorns don't exist), but when Pearl reveals she can now withstand the sun, they are thrilled. She can be enrolled in high school, make friends and then lure these tasty snacks to her family!

But Pearl's change is deeper than her family realise. She has started to experience a number of alarming symptoms including feeling sympathy for her meals - the humans. While struggling with balancing high school, her family and her new conscience, Pearl learns that the Vampire King has a seriously evil plot in store for the local humans - and that her good-looking new friend Evan is the were-unicorn that stabbed her through the heart. Pearl is now the lynchpin between the vampires and their hunters, but which side of her will win? The bloodsucker or her conscience?

Sarah Beth Durst is the author of young adult novels Enchanted Ivy and Ice from Simon & Schuster, as well as middle grade novels Into the Wild and Out of the Wild from Penguin Young Readers. She has twice been a finalist for SFWA's Andre Norton Award, for both Ice and Into the Wild. Sarah was born in Massachusetts and grew up in Northboro. At the age of ten, she decided she wanted to be a writer.

(Before that, she wanted to be Wonder Woman, except with real flying ability instead of an invisible jet. She also would have accepted a career as a unicorn princess.) And she began writing fantasy stories. She attended Princeton University, where she spent four years studying English, writing about dragons, and wondering what the campus gargoyles would say if they could talk. Sarah lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, her two children, and her ill-mannered cat.

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Comeback Peter Corris Australia's best-known private investigator, Cliff Hardy, might have his licence back but does he still have what it takes to cut it as a PI on Sydney's seedy streets?

• Major summer reading promotion and ebook giveaway in broadsheet papers • Online advertising: Good Reading magazine • Now in trade paperback - as befits Corris' status as the 'Godfather of Australian crime writing' • CATEGORY: Crime fiction

Export Price: $27.26 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

ISBN:

9781742377247

Format:

Paperback - C format

Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent:

260 pages

Category:

Crime & mystery

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Torn Apart (A+U, 2010), Deep Water (A+U, 2009); The Undertow (A+U, 2006); Saving Billie (A+U, 2005); The Coast Road

Cliff Hardy has his licence back - but does he still have what it takes to cut it as a PI on the streets of Sydney? Cliff reckons the skills are still there, if a little rusty, and actor Bobby Forrest's case looks promising. As well as a complex client who may not be all he seems, the players include his compelling lover, a rejected, threatening woman and various media power brokers.

When Bobby is killed Hardy becomes the client of his father, a man with a shady past and his own problems with the law. A range of suspects and motives test Hardy's powers, as his investigations take him through inner Sydney, the city's west, the central coast and the Wollondilly Plains. He encounters prostitutes, corporate movers and shakers, cops, and a would-be golf guru. A media magnate's kick-boxing assistant poses a threat and only Hardy's experience, resilience, and persistence bring him to a shock understanding of what it has all been about.

Peter Corris has been writing his best selling Cliff Hardy detective stories for thirty years. He's written many other books, including a very successful biography of Fred Hollows and a collection of short stories revolving around the game of golf.

REVIEW QUOTES '...what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh ... Corris does for Sydney.' - Shane Maloney, author '... remind(s) you just how good Peter Corris is, what a legend his private-detective character Cliff Hardy is ...' - Sydney Morning Herald

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Lovesong Alex Miller Seeking shelter in a Parisian cafe from a sudden rainstorm, John Patterner meets the exotic Sabiha and his carefully mapped life changes forever. Alex Miller's brilliantly realised, multi-award winning novel tells the deeply moving story of their lives together, and of how each came undone by desire. Now in paperback.

Export Price: $21.81 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

ISBN:

9781742378862

Format:

Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent:

376 pages

Category:

Literary Fiction

• Winner, 2010 Age Book of the Year • Winner, 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and People's Choice Award • Winner, 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, • Close to 40,000 copies sold across hardcover and 'pretty' paperback editions • Alex is one of Australia's best authors - twice awarded the prestigious Miles Franklin award • CATEGORY: Fiction Strangers did not, as a rule, find their way to Chez Dom, a small Tunisian cafe in Paris. Run by the widow Houria and her young niece, Sabiha, the cafe offers a home away from home for the North African immigrant workers at the great abattoirs of Vaugirard who, as with Houria and Sabiha themselves, have grown used to the smell of blood in the air. When one day a lost Australian tourist, John Patterner, seeks shelter in the cafe from a sudden Parisian rainstorm, a tragic love story begins to unfold.

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: English Language, Canada (Harper Collins), UK (Allen and Unwin); German (Bloomsbury Berlin); Dutch (The House of Books); Turkish (Pegasus); English Language Audio (Louis Braille ANZ exclusive, World non-exclusive)

Years later, while living a quiet life in suburban Melbourne, John Patterner is haunted by what happened to him and Sabiha at Vaugirard. He confides his story to Ken, an ageing writer, who sees in John's account the possibility for one last simple love story. When Ken tells his daughter this she reminds him, 'Love is never simple, Dad. You should know that.' He does know it. But being the writer he is, he cannot resist the lure of the story.

Previous Titles: Tivington Nott; The Ancestor Game, The Sitters; Conditions of Faith; Journey to the Stone Country; Landscape of Farewell

Told with all Miller's distinctive clarity, intelligence and compassion, Lovesong is a pitch-perfect novel, a tender and enthralling story about the intimate lives of ordinary people. Like the truly great novelist he is, Miller locates the heart of his story in the moral frailties and secret passions of his all-too-human characters.

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Alex Miller is twice winner of Australia's premier literary prize, The Miles Franklin Literary Award, first in 1993 for The Ancestor Game and again in 2003 for Journey to the Stone Country. He is also an overall winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, in 1993 for The Ancestor Game. His fifth novel, Conditions of Faith, won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the 2001 New South Wales Premier's Awards. In 2011, he won this award a second time with his most recent novel Lovesong.

Lovesong also won the People's Choice Award in the NSW Premier's Awards, the Age Book of the Year Award and the Age Fiction Prize for 2011. In 2007, Landscape of Farewell was published to wide critical acclaim and in 2008 won the Chinese Annual Foreign Novels 21st Century Award for Best Novel and the Manning Clark Medal for an outstanding contribution to Australian cultural life. It was also short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the ALS Gold Medal and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Alex is published internationally and widely in translation.

REVIEW QUOTES '... one of our finest novelists has written perhaps his finest book.' - The Age '... a ravishing, psychologically compelling work from one of our best.' - Courier Mail '... no ordinary love story.' - ALR

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Stella Makes Good Lisa Heidke Can mother-of-three, Stella forge a new life for herself after the end of her marriage? A funny and insightful novel about love, friendship and the quest for happiness.

• Themes: the unpredictable nature of life and the importance of friendship • An ideal recommendation for readers who enjoy Liane Moriarty, Cathy Kelly or Wendy Harmer • The perfect summer read • Fresh, commerical cover • Online advertising targeting 30+ women including Mamamia.com and whoweekly. com.au • Author gaining a growing following • CATEGORY: Fiction Export Price: $27.26 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

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9781742378671

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312 pages

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Popular Fiction

Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Claudia's Big Break (A&U 2011), What Kate Did Next (A&U 2010)

Stella Sparks is on good terms with her ex-husband, Terry, despite the fact he left her for another woman. Stella's philosophical - the marriage had run its course, they remain friends and the wellbeing of their kids is central to both of them.

Stella's two closest friends, Carly and Jesse, envy her togetherness and wish they could emulate it. Jesse's husband, Steve, is a control freak who's driving her crazy, but she has two small children and can't see a way out. Carly, meanwhile, suspects her husband is having an affair and isn't sure what to do about it.

Stella's life takes a distinctly upward turn when she meets a handsome, apparently single father at her son's school speech night. For Carly and Jesse, however, the search for happiness and fulfilment proves more elusive... With a healthy dose of humour and romance Stella Makes Good is about the games we play, the secrets we keep, the unpredictable nature of life and the importance of female friendship.

Lisa Heidke studied journalism at Queensland University, fled Brisbane and settled in Sydney where she landed a job as an acquisitions editor in book publishing. After a while she swapped book publishing for magazine publishing, working as a feature writer on several national magazines, including Practical Parenting and Bride to Be. After many years living in Sydney's inner west, Lisa woke up one morning to find herself married with three children and living on the North Shore-much to her surprise and sometimes horror.

REVIEW QUOTES 'If you like light holiday reading by the pool then pick this up and finish it by sunset.'

- Daily Telegraph 'Well crafted and lively ...' - Sydney Morning Herald

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Strictly Confidential A Jazzy Lou novel Roxy Jacenko Australia's best-known fashion publicist lifts the lid on the glamorous world of A-list celebrity in a light-hearted, fun-filled and fast paced novel. This is the ideal beach read for summer.

Export Price: $22.72 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

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9781742377575

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272 pages

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Popular Fiction

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• Reality fiction in the bestselling tradition of Lauren Conrad and Nicole Richie • Includes characters readers of gossip magazines will instantly recognise!

• Major publicity campaign - as one of Sydney's top fashion publicists Roxy will ensure widespread media coverage • Online advertising: Who Weekly and Shop Till You Drop • Priced keenly to appeal to young women more used to spending big on fashion • Roxy's company, Sweaty Betty, publishes a popular blog, and has more than 6,500 Twitter followers • CATEGORY: Fiction Meet Jasmine Lewis, the smart young publicist trying to work her way up from the bottom in Sydney's hottest PR Company. She's done the coffee runs, the dry cleaning pickups, the 5am starts, the 11pm finishes. But still, her evil boss Diane Wildenstein is never happy. So when Jasmine finds herself being summoned to Diane's office early one morning, she knows something's got to give. Luckily for Jasmine, faith lends a hand and helps her escape from the evil Diane to launch a fabulous new career.

That should be a dream come true, right? Or is it the start of a whole new world of nightmares?

'Ever wondered what really goes on behind the slick facade of the PR world?

Strictly Confidential will knock your Manolos off!' - Gemma Crisp, Editor of CLEO Roxy Jacenko is the 30 year old powerhouse behind Sydney's hottest Fashion PR firm, Sweaty Betty. Not only do the products she publicises make the pages of every magazine in town, but so does Roxy herself. It's rare to see her away from the social pages. With access to all the gossip of the fashion and media world, Roxy has written a deliciously gossipy first novel.

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Your 40 Year Horoscope What your horoscope reveals about you and your destiny, your boss, your partner and more Georgia Nicols Discover everything you want to know about your past, your present, your future and yourself with this guide to your horoscrope. WIth its unique 40 year span you can predict your future by testing its accuracy in reading your past.

Export Price: $22.72 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

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9781742379449

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560 pages

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• Never before has a single astrology book spanned four decades of change (1985 -2025) • Incredibly detailed - over 600 pages of descriptions of the twelve signs filled with anecdotes and humour • Sold more than 10,000 copies in its first 2 months of its release in Canada • georgianicols.com receives more than 20,000 hits a day • Author's newspaper columns are read daily by millions • 'What a fun way to read about star signs ... even includes discussions of the boss, the employee, the parent and the child for each.' - Alice • 'This was heaps of fun ... a one stop horoscope shop for anyone interested in learning about their star sign.' - Rose • '... not only scarily accurate but an engaging read.' - Emma Witty, wise and amazingly accurate, Your 40 Year Horoscope covers everything you need to know about your sun sign and those you care or are curious about, giving you great insights into your talents and issues.

As well Georgia gives you 40 years of forecasts from 1985 to 2025, so you can see your past patterns and most importantly what your future holds.

Georgia Nicols is a popular astrologist who appears in newspapers across Canada, and in the US and China, and also writes for Elle Canada. Her website gets more than a million hits a year. She's also on YouTube, talking about a variety of subjects, including Kate and Wills.

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Reporting in a Multimedia World 2nd Edition An introduction to core journalism skills Barbara Alysen, Mandy Oakham, Roger Patching and Gail Sedorkin A completely updated edition of the user-friendly introduction to core journalism skills in print, broadcast and electronic media.

• Fully revised edition of a successful introduction to journalism • Reflects the major changes occurring across the media as a result of digital technologies • Focuses on the core skills needed in professional journalism • Addresses the particular demands of different media: print, magazine, radio, TV and online • Includes worked examples, case studies and tips from experienced journalists • Accompanied by a website with further resources and updates Export Price: $45.45 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

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9781742374338

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Paperback

Every journalist must be able to conduct an interview and write snappy copy. No matter what field they are working in journalists also need to be able to wield a digital recorder, take photographs, talk to camera convincingly and create content for online delivery.

Dimensions: 230x176mm Extent:

336 pages

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Press & journalism

Illustrations: 20 scattered halftones Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Barbara Alysen: The Electronic Reporter (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2006).

Gail Sedorkin: with Judy McGregor Interviewing (Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 2002); with Tony Schirato Get Your Message Across (Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwi

Reporting in a Multimedia World offers a thorough overview of the core skills journalists need for the 21st century. The authors show how to generate story ideas, handle interviews, write for different audiences, and edit your own copy.

They explain the basics of news photography and broadcast media, the requirements of different digital platforms and the challenges of user generated content. They also look at professional issues: the use of social media by journalists, legal and ethical issues, and career strategies.

Thoroughly revised to reflect the rapid changes in media as a result of digital technologies, and written in a lively style with case studies and tips from experienced journalists, Reporting in a Multimedia World is an ideal introduction to an exciting and demanding profession.

BARBARA ALYSEN is a senior lecturer in Journalism at the University of Western Sydney and author of The Electronic Reporter. MANDY OAKHAM is a senior lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT and editor of Don't Bury the Lead. ROGER PATCHING is Adjunct Associate Professor of Journalism at Bond University and co-author of Journalism Ethics. GAIL SEDORKIN is a features journalist for The Cairns Post, teaches at James Cook University, and is the author of Interviewing.

REVIEW QUOTES 'Theoretical and practical aspects of journalism are perfectly matched, making it an invaluable resource for students and teachers alike.' - Padma Iyer in AsiaPacific MediaEducator

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Foreword Part I: News - people and institutions 1. The newsroom 2. The audience 3. The watchdogs Part II: The raw material 4. Sources of news Part III: News-gathering 5. Generating news stories 6. The rounds 7. Legal and ethical issues 8. Interviewing 9. Working with numerical information Part IV: News writing 10. The news story structure 11. News writing - guidelines 12. News writing - grammar Part V: Putting it all together 13. Writing the news story 14. Feature stories 15. News photography 16. Working with video and audio 17. Working on air and on camera Part VI: Professional options 18. The career path References Index

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The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester 'A beautiful and bewitching story' - John Marsden The 15th anniversary edition of Alison Lester's gripping horseback adventure, set in the rugged yet romantic Australian coastal bush. With new commentary by the author.

Export Price: $14.54 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

ISBN:

9781742378008

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Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent:

168 pages

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Junior Fiction

Readership: Ages 8 to 12

• An unputdownable read for 8-12 year olds • This powerful story has been in print for 15 years and has sold over 50,000 copies • Alison Lester is a top-selling, popular author/illustrator, loved by children and parents alike • Alison illustrated the story with her own photographs • This edition contains new commentary by Alison about writing, illustrating, and riding horses • Themes include horses, mystery, courage, friendship, Australian landscape 'Biddy, I'm sorry, we're going to have to leave her.'

'What?' Biddy struggled out of the quicksand. 'You can't leave her! The tide's coming in. She'll drown!'

Biddy's pony is trapped and she is forced to abandon her. Next day the only signs of Bella are hoofprints in the sand, with small footprints alongside, and the paw marks of a dog. Who could be out there? The tracks lead Biddy to a wild secret valley, and into the heart of a mystery.

Illustrations: B+W photographs throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold: For previous edition English language, US (Houghton Mifflin); Dutch (Averbode); German (ArsEdition); Japanese (Sakujokusha) Previous Titles: Noni the Pony (A&U 2010) Bonnie and Sam 4: Saving Mr Pinto (A&U 2008) Bonnie and Sam 3: Racing the Tide (A&U 2008) Bonnie and Sam 2: The Circus Pony (A&U 2007)

With sales of more than 50,000 copies, this gripping adventure, set in the Australian bush she knows so well, is a powerful story of friendship and survival that has touched the hearts of her readers for many years. This celebratory 15th anniversary edition contains new commentary by the author.

Alison Lester is the well-known creator of over 40 popular and award-winning children's books, Alison Lester's picture books are loved by families around the world, many of which reflect her own country childhood and are loved by families around the world. She is involved in many community art projects, and travelled to Antarctica to run the Kids Antarctic Art Project. Alison spends part of every year travelling to remote indigenous communities, using her books to help children and adults write and draw about their own lives. www.alisonlester.net

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The Tunnels of Tarcoola Jennifer Walsh A spooky old house, a historical mystery, an underground mine and a rising tide ... the stage is set for an exciting, real-life adventure!

• Inspired by the abandoned coalmines that really do exist under Sydney's Balmain • Classic children's fiction, in the tradition of Enid Blyton and Arthur Ransome • No dragons or quests in sight! Real-life setting will appeal to readers who've had enough of fantasy • Themes include adventure, mystery, friendship 'Come round here!' called David. 'We've found something.'

'I'm showing them.' Andrea pushed him aside. 'It's my cave!' She lowered herself into the hole. Her head disappeared, and a moment later they heard her voice, faint and slightly hollow. 'Come on!'

Export Price: $13.63 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

ISBN:

9781742376752

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Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent:

252 pages

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Junior Fiction

Readership: Ages 10 to 12

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A network of tunnels leading under the park, a secret exit to an abandoned mansion, a hidden box of documents ... all very mysterious, but it's just a game, right?

Wrong.

When shadowy figures start watching every move they make, Kitty, David, Andrea and Martin know they've stumbled onto more than a forgotten piece of history. They need to find all the answers fast, before someone beats them to it.

Jennifer Walsh grew up in a country town. the youngest of three girls. 'When we weren't jumping off haystacks we were reading. Our father read aloud to us, starting with Great Expectations and Black Beauty and proceeding to stories he made up himself.' She became a teacher, later worked in the theatre for many years, then 'accidentally' became a writer of computer user guides, a job that took her around the world. Jennifer lives in Balmain with her husband, actor Bruce Spence, and a tortoiseshell cat. The Tunnels of Tarcoola was inspired by the abandoned coalmines that really do exist under much of Balmain.

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Diary of a Soccer Star Shamini Flint, illustrated by Sally Heinrich Marcus Atkinson is a soccer star (not!). But his dad is convinced that Marcus has magic in his feet.

• Will appeal to younger readers of Diary of A Wimpy Kid • Funny, easy, quick read • Realistically clumsy kid character and great family dynamics • Clever inclusion of real info about sport and maths • Great for newly independent and reluctant readers • Themes include humour, sport, maths, strengths and weaknesses, family

Export Price: $9.08 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

ISBN:

9781742378251

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108 pages

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Junior Fiction

Readership: Ages 8 to 11 Illustrations: scattered B&W illos

Marcus is a Maths whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to ... with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about soccer.

'Shamini scores a goal with every page!' Timothy Richards, aged 9 Shamini Flint lives in Singapore with her husband and two children. She began her career in law in Malaysia and also worked at an international law firm in Singapore.

She travelled extensively around Asia for her work, before resigning to be a stay-athome mum, writer, part-time lecturer and environmental activist, all in an effort to make up for her 'evil' past as a corporate lawyer! Shamini has written many books for children but is best known for her Inspector Singh Investigates series of crime fiction for adults.

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Diary of a Cricket God Shamini Flint, illustrated by Sally Heinrich Marcus Atkinson is a cricket god (not!). But his dad is convinced that Marcus has magic in his wrists.

• Will appeal to younger readers of Diary of A Wimpy Kid • Funny, easy, quick read • Realistically clumsy kid character and great family dynamics • Clever inclusion of real info about sport and maths • Great for newly independent and reluctant readers • Themes include humour, sport, maths, strengths and weaknesses, family Marcus is a math whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to ... with hilarious results.

Export Price: $9.08 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

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9781742378268

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108 pages

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Junior Fiction

Readership: Ages 8 to 11 Illustrations: scattered B&W illos throughout Rights Held: World excluding India Rights Sold:

In illustrated diary format, these humorous novels are something of a cross between Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) and TooCool (Phil Kettle & Craig Smith). Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about cricket. A quick, fun read, and perfect for the younger end of the Wimpy Kid audience. A third book, Diary of a Rugby Star, is planned.

Shamini Flint is the author of the Inspector Singh mysteries for adults (Little, Brown) and was a speaker at the 2011 Sydney Writer's Festival. She lives in Singapore with her husband and two children and makes up for her evil past as a corporate lawyer by being a stay-at-home mum, writer and environmental activist! www.shaminiflint.com Sally Heinrich is a freelance illustrator who has illustrated more than twenty books, as well as working for advertising agencies, design studios and government departments. Sally has lived in Singapore, Sydney and Darwin and is now living in Adelaide.

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10 Little Hermit Crabs Lee Fox, illustrated by Shane McG A terrific read-aloud, counting, 'look and find' book, perfectly pitched for the early childhood market from an award-winning author. Fabulously illustrated with bright and lively artwork.

• Now in paperback, just in time for summer sharing • Also useful in the early childhood classroom - Mathematics • Written by the author of Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair, which was shortlisted in the 2007 CBCA awards, for Early Childhood • Themes include: beach, crabs, curiosity, danger, friendship Ten little hermit crabs scamper to the beach, ready to play and explore But they had better watch out...

Can you count the hermit crabs?

Export Price: $13.63 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

ISBN:

9781742379524

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Paperback

Lee Fox is the author of the hilarious picture book, Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush her Hair, illustrated by Cathy Wilcox (Lothian, 2006) and shortlisted in the Early Childhood Category of the 2007 CBCA awards. Her most recent book is a YA novel, Other People's Country (Lothian, 2008).

Dimensions: 283x215mm Extent:

32 pages

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Picture books

Readership: Ages 2 to 4

Prior to becoming a writer, Lee was a production assistant for a commercial radio station, a Mormon, a cook in a childcare centre and the store manager on a remote Aboriginal community - and she has five children. Her writing career began in 2000, with several articles for the Age.

Illustrations: full colour throughout Rights Held: World Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Lee Fox: Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush her Hair, illustrated by Cathy Wilcox (Lothian, 2006) Other People's Country (Lothian, 2008).

Shane McG is a Melbourne based illustrator whose work appears in publications globally. He writes and illustrates his own picture books for children as well as illustrating for a wide range of authors. When not chained to his computer he enjoys playing tennis badly, watching reruns of Bewitched and eating cake. His most recent book is The Robot's Pet by Nigel Gray, published by Koala Books.

REVIEW QUOTES 'If you're looking for a refrain to alternate with Hairy Maclaryàor Each Peach, Pear, Plum then this book will do the trick...Illustrations are reminiscent of a Pixar film... they brim with energy and a larger than life quality' - Magpies 'The outstanding feature of this book is its read-aloud quality ... page-turning tension ... highly recommended for under-fives' - Margaret Hamilton in Australian Bookseller & Publisher 'There's a beautiful alliterative quality to the text ... all the imagery is child relevant ... I bet your child will ask you to read it again and again.' preschoolentertainment.com

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Melody Burning Whitley Strieber Take one girl rock star who's never been alone enough to fall in love. Take one boy runaway who's grown up so alone he doesn't even know what love is. Add in a pyromaniac with a dangerous secret, and you have the makings of an explosive romantic thriller.

• High-octane plot with tear-jerker ending = perfect summer reading!

• 'A celebration of young love, an exploration of fame and its effects on the famous, and a thriller to boot. A page-turner.' - Cam, 15 • Online advertising to teens • Best-selling adult author, back in the market in an all-new genre • Themes include music, love, family, suspense, crime, thriller.

A girl rock star who's never been alone enough to fall in love.

Export Price: $16.35 Pub. Date:

1 Jan 2012

ISBN:

9781742379135

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Paperback - B format

Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent:

228 pages

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Young Adult - Fiction

Readership: Ages 13 to 16

Rights Held: ANZ/Asia Rights Sold: Previous Titles: Other titles include: The Wolfen (1978) The Hunger (1981) Communion (1987) The Day after Tomorrow (2004) 2012: The War for Souls (2007) Critical Mass (2009) The Omega Point (2011)

A boy runaway who's grown up so alone he doesn't even know what love is.

A pyromaniac with a dangerous secret.

An explosive romantic thriller.

In the chutes and crawlspaces of an LA hotel lives a young runaway named Beresford. He has no idea who his parents were but he does know that he's in love with rock superstarlet Melody McGrath. When she checks in to Beresford's hotel with her manipulative stage mother, a fatal secret is brought to light. Death is coming for Beresford and Melody. Will the wild child and the it-girl be able to escape with their love - and lives - intact?

Whitley Strieber is one of the great names in speculative fiction, and is the author of numerous books including Communion, The Wolfen, The Hunger, The Day after Tomorrow, Critical Mass, and Omega Point - most of which have been made into films. This is his first book for teenagers.

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